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title: "Universidad de Granada: research profile and papers"
description: "Research profile of Universidad de Granada: 1,258 papers in 480 tracked journals since 2017, mostly AI and economics; h-index 602."
url: https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/universidad-de-granada
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share_text: "Research profile of Universidad de Granada: 1,258 papers in 480 tracked journals since 2017, mostly AI and economics; h-index 602. (as of 2026-11-03)"
data_url: https://scholar4ai.com/data/rankings.json
updated: 2026-11-03T18:03:37+09:00
window: 2026-10-05 to 2026-11-03
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---

# Universidad de Granada

- 1 paper in the last 7 days
- country: Spain
- web domain: ugr.es

Back to the ranking: https://scholar4ai.com/rankings/institutions.md

## Key findings

- Universidad de Granada was involved in 9 papers in the last 30 days (2026-10-05 to 2026-11-03), ranking #162 of 3,809 institutions.
- Most of them appeared in Games and Economic Behavior (2), Journal of Multivariate Analysis (2) and International Journal of Hospitality Management (2).
- Countries: Spain (9), China (2) and Cyprus (2).
- From 2017 to 2026 (so far), authors at Universidad de Granada took part in 1,258 papers in the tracked journals, most of them in AI (538), economics (147) and operations research (129).
- 108 of them were published in 2025, against 102 in 2017.
- Since 2023, the institutions with the most of these papers were De Montfort University (19), Universidad de Málaga (19) and Shanghai Maritime University (18).
- The journals publishing most of them were Information Fusion (54), Expert Systems with Applications (37) and Applied Intelligence (22).
- The most-cited of them is “Explainable Artificial Intelligence (XAI): Concepts, taxonomies, opportunities and challenges toward responsible AI” (Information Fusion, 2019), with 10,445 citations.
- Across everything OpenAlex indexes, Universidad de Granada has 124,561 works with 7,259,728 citations (h-index 602).
- The tracked journals hold 1,157 of its 61,348 works in OpenAlex from 2017 to 2025 (1.9%).
- Its main research topics in OpenAlex are Particle physics theoretical and experimental studies (2,471), Quantum Chromodynamics and Particle Interactions (2,108) and Physical Activity and Health (2,095).

## Papers per year

*Papers per publication year and category*

| Category | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | 2026 (so far) |
|---|---:|---:|---:|---:|---:|---:|---:|---:|---:|---:|
| [AI](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/ai.md) | 39 | 54 | 49 | 61 | 62 | 79 | 82 | 41 | 41 | 30 |
| [Economics](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/economics.md) | 13 | 6 | 8 | 18 | 18 | 19 | 14 | 14 | 18 | 19 |
| [Operations Research](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/operations-research.md) | 12 | 10 | 11 | 13 | 12 | 23 | 13 | 22 | 6 | 7 |
| [Management](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/management.md) | 11 | 6 | 13 | 9 | 12 | 12 | 11 | 8 | 11 | 11 |
| [Higher Education and Research](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/higher-education-and-research.md) | 8 | 15 | 10 | 10 | 11 | 9 | 4 | 10 | 6 | 9 |
| [Tourism and Hospitality](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/tourism-and-hospitality.md) | 6 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 12 | 6 | 9 |
| [Information Systems](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/information-systems.md) | 7 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 8 | 6 | 7 | 3 |
| [Health Economics and Policy](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/health-economics-and-policy.md) | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 4 |
| [Marketing](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/marketing.md) | 1 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 2 |
| [Statistics](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/statistics.md) | 2 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 5 |
| [Finance](https://scholar4ai.com/categories/finance.md) | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 2 |
| All categories | 102 | 108 | 121 | 127 | 142 | 175 | 144 | 130 | 108 | 101 |

## Where the papers come from and its co-authors

*Journals with the most papers, since 2023*

| # | Journal | Papers |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | [Information Fusion](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/information-fusion.md) | 54 |
| 2 | [Expert Systems with Applications](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/expert-systems-with-applications.md) | 37 |
| 3 | [Applied Intelligence](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/applied-intelligence.md) | 22 |
| 4 | [Scientometrics](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/scientometrics.md) | 19 |
| 5 | [International Journal of Hospitality Management](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/international-journal-of-hospitality-management.md) | 18 |
| 6 | [IEEE Transactions on Fuzzy Systems](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/ieee-transactions-on-fuzzy-systems.md) | 18 |
| 7 | [Computers & Industrial Engineering](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/computers-industrial-engineering.md) | 14 |
| 8 | [Technological Forecasting and Social Change](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/technological-forecasting-and-social-change.md) | 10 |
| 9 | [Knowledge-Based Systems](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/knowledge-based-systems.md) | 10 |
| 10 | [Journal of Retailing and Consumer Services](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/journal-of-retailing-and-consumer-services.md) | 8 |

*Institutions with the most papers, since 2023*

| # | Institution | Papers |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | De Montfort University | 19 |
| 2 | Universidad de Málaga | 19 |
| 3 | [Shanghai Maritime University](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/shanghai-maritime-university.md) | 18 |
| 4 | [Universidad de Sevilla](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/universidad-de-sevilla.md) | 17 |
| 5 | Iwate Prefectural University | 16 |
| 6 | Eastern Mediterranean University | 15 |
| 7 | [Kyung Hee University](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/kyung-hee-university.md) | 15 |
| 8 | [Nanjing University of Information Science and Technology](https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/nanjing-university-of-information-science-and-technology.md) | 15 |
| 9 | University of Technology Malaysia | 14 |

*Countries with the most papers, since 2023*

| # | Country | Papers |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | Spain | 483 |
| 2 | China | 104 |
| 3 | United Kingdom | 57 |
| 4 | United States | 32 |
| 5 | Poland | 22 |
| 6 | Australia | 21 |
| 7 | Japan | 20 |
| 8 | South Korea | 20 |
| 9 | Malaysia | 18 |
| 10 | France | 17 |

*Keywords with the most papers, since 2023*

| # | Keyword | Papers |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | consensus reaching | 22 |
| 2 | group decision making | 19 |
| 3 | [COVID-19 pandemic](https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/covid-19-pandemic.md) | 15 |
| 4 | [explainable AI](https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/explainable-ai.md) | 13 |
| 5 | Spain | 11 |
| 6 | large-scale group decision-making | 11 |
| 7 | [multi-criteria decision making](https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/multi-criteria-decision-making.md) | 11 |
| 8 | [interpretability](https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/interpretability.md) | 10 |
| 9 | [large language models](https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/large-language-models.md) | 10 |
| 10 | [trust](https://scholar4ai.com/keywords/trust.md) | 10 |

## Most-cited papers

*Most-cited papers since 2017*

| # | Citations | Per month | Title | Journal | Published | Authors |
|---:|---:|---:|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 10,445 | 127.0 | [Explainable Artificial Intelligence (XAI): Concepts, taxonomies, opportunities and challenges toward responsible AI](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.inffus.2019.12.012) | [Information Fusion](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/information-fusion.md) | 2019-12-26 | Alejandro Barredo Arrieta, Natalia Díaz-Rodríguez, Javier Del Ser et al. |
| 2 | 1,988 | 20.5 | [Google Scholar, Web of Science, and Scopus: A systematic comparison of citations in 252 subject categories](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.joi.2018.09.002) | [Journal of Informetrics](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/journal-of-informetrics.md) | 2018-10-05 | Alberto Martín‐Martín, Enrique Orduña‐Malea, Mike A Thelwall et al. |
| 3 | 1,783 | 19.9 | [How to perform and report an impactful analysis using partial least squares: Guidelines for confirmatory and explanatory IS research](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.im.2019.05.003) | [Information & Management](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/information-management.md) | 2019-05-23 | Jose Benitez, Jörg Henseler, Ana Castillo et al. |
| 4 | 1,763 | 41.4 | [Explainable Artificial Intelligence (XAI): What we know and what is left to attain Trustworthy Artificial Intelligence](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.inffus.2023.101805) | [Information Fusion](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/information-fusion.md) | 2023-04-18 | Sajid Ali, Tamer Abuhmed, Shaker El–Sappagh et al. |
| 5 | 1,104 | 12.3 | [Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) Scores and Financial Performance of Multilatinas: Moderating Effects of Geographic International Diversification and Financial Slack](https://doi.org/10.1007/s10551-019-04177-w) | [Journal of Business Ethics](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/journal-of-business-ethics.md) | 2019-05-16 | Eduardo Alexander Duque Grisales, Javier Aguilera‐Caracuel |
| 6 | 1,016 | 13.8 | [Google Scholar, Microsoft Academic, Scopus, Dimensions, Web of Science, and OpenCitations’ COCI: a multidisciplinary comparison of coverage via citations](https://doi.org/10.1007/s11192-020-03690-4) | [Scientometrics](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/scientometrics.md) | 2020-09-21 | Alberto Martín‐Martín, Mike Thelwall, Enrique Orduña‐Malea et al. |
| 7 | 801 | 19.9 | [Connecting the dots in trustworthy Artificial Intelligence: From AI principles, ethics, and key requirements to responsible AI systems and regulation](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.inffus.2023.101896) | [Information Fusion](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/information-fusion.md) | 2023-06-24 | Natalia Díaz-Rodríguez, Javier Del Ser, Mark Coeckelbergh et al. |
| 8 | 599 | 6.8 | [Determining factors in the adoption and recommendation of mobile wallet services in India: Analysis of the effect of innovativeness, stress to use and social influence](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijinfomgt.2019.05.022) | [International Journal of Information Management](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/international-journal-of-information-management.md) | 2019-06-13 | Nidhi Singh, Neena Sinha, Francisco José Liébana-Cabanillas |
| 9 | 588 | 7.8 | [A practical tutorial on bagging and boosting based ensembles for machine learning: Algorithms, software tools, performance study, practical perspectives and opportunities](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.inffus.2020.07.007) | [Information Fusion](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/information-fusion.md) | 2020-07-27 | Sergio González, Salvador García, Javier Del Ser et al. |
| 10 | 577 | 17.7 | [Explainable Artificial Intelligence (XAI) 2.0: A manifesto of open challenges and interdisciplinary research directions](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.inffus.2024.102301) | [Information Fusion](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/information-fusion.md) | 2024-02-15 | Luca Longo, Mario Brčić, Federico Cabitza et al. |

## In OpenAlex

*Universidad de Granada in OpenAlex*

| Item | Value |
|---|---|
| Type | University |
| Location | Granada, Andalusia, Spain |
| Also known as | UGR, Granadako Unibertsitatea, University of Granada |
| Units listed in OpenAlex | 2 |
| Works in OpenAlex | 124,561 |
| Citations | 7,259,728 |
| h-index | 602 |
| i10-index | 125,136 |
| 2-year mean citedness | 3.50 |
| Website | [www.ugr.es](https://www.ugr.es) |
| ROR | [ror.org/04njjy449](https://ror.org/04njjy449) |
| OpenAlex | [openalex.org/I173304897](https://openalex.org/I173304897) |

*Works and citations per year in OpenAlex, and its papers in the tracked journals*

| Year | Works in OpenAlex | Citations received | In the tracked journals | Share |
|---|---:|---:|---:|---:|
| 2026 (so far) | 6,246 | 187,215 | 101 | 1.6% |
| 2025 | 7,688 | 248,652 | 108 | 1.4% |
| 2024 | 8,230 | 249,943 | 130 | 1.6% |
| 2023 | 8,292 | 238,474 | 144 | 1.7% |
| 2022 | 7,299 | 229,631 | 175 | 2.4% |
| 2021 | 7,058 | 221,360 | 142 | 2.0% |
| 2020 | 6,588 | 187,788 | 127 | 1.9% |
| 2019 | 5,574 | 155,668 | 121 | 2.2% |
| 2018 | 5,457 | 133,731 | 108 | 2.0% |
| 2017 | 5,162 | 118,861 | 102 | 2.0% |

*Main research topics (OpenAlex, all works)*

| # | Topic | Field | Works |
|---:|---|---|---:|
| 1 | Particle physics theoretical and experimental studies | Physics and Astronomy | 2,471 |
| 2 | Quantum Chromodynamics and Particle Interactions | Physics and Astronomy | 2,108 |
| 3 | Physical Activity and Health | Medicine | 2,095 |
| 4 | Sports Performance and Training | Medicine | 1,708 |
| 5 | Historical Art and Architecture Studies | Arts and Humanities | 1,592 |

From OpenAlex's own record of the institution (CC0), read again monthly. Works and citations count everything OpenAlex indexes, not only the tracked journals; topics are OpenAlex's classification of those works.

*Papers, newest first.*

| Date | Title | Journal | Authors | Affiliations |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-10-28 | [Real-time plantar infrared thermography segmentation: A lightweight deployment-oriented framework and the PT-3 multicenter benchmark](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ipm.2026.105271) | [Information Processing & Management](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/information-processing-management.md) | H.B. LIU, Guanyu Chen, Qiankun Li et al. | University of Science and Technology of China; Chinese Academy of Sciences; Hefei Institutes of Physical Science; … |
| 2026-10-25 | [Implementation via political parties](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.geb.2026.104070) | [Games and Economic Behavior](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/games-and-economic-behavior.md) | Luis Carlos Corchón Diaz, Guadalupe Correa-Lopera | Universidad Carlos III de Madrid; Universidad de Granada |
| 2026-10-24 | [Contested elections and the power of new voters: The impact of extending voting rights to non-citizens](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ejpoleco.2026.102913) | [European Journal of Political Economy](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/european-journal-of-political-economy.md) | Iñigo Iturbe-Ormaetxe, Santiago Sánchez-Pagés, Ángel Solano García | University of Alicante; King's College London; Universidad de Granada |
| 2026-10-23 | [The geometric adjudication of water rights in international rivers](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.geb.2026.104067) | [Games and Economic Behavior](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/games-and-economic-behavior.md) | Ricardo Martinez, Juan D. Moreno‐Ternero | Universidad de Granada; Universidad Pablo de Olavide |
| 2026-10-22 | [Testing the goodness-of-fit of a functional autoregressive model](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jmva.2026.105726) | [Journal of Multivariate Analysis](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/journal-of-multivariate-analysis.md) | Wenceslao González–Manteiga, M. D. Ruiz‐Medina, M. Febrero–Bande | Universidade de Santiago de Compostela; Universidad de Granada |
| 2026-10-21 | [An investigation of the neglected serial mediators and moderators of green inclusive leadership in the hospitality industry](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijhm.2026.104944) | [International Journal of Hospitality Management](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/international-journal-of-hospitality-management.md) | Hajar Boutmaghzoute, Fedwa Jebli, Elisa Rescalvo‐Martin et al. | International University of Rabat; Universidad de Granada; Doha Institute for Graduate Studies; … |
| 2026-10-17 | [How does empowering leadership shape employee service innovation behavior? The roles of employee adaptability and job crafting](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijhm.2026.104938) | [International Journal of Hospitality Management](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/international-journal-of-hospitality-management.md) | Rana Muhammad Naeem, Zahid Hameed, Qingxiong (Derek) Weng et al. | King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals; Ajman University; University of Science and Technology of China; … |
| 2026-10-16 | [A finite-sample inferential framework for the weighted kappa coefficient (FWKC) in binary diagnostic agreement studies](https://doi.org/10.1186/s12874-026-03057-y) | [BMC Medical Research Methodology](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/bmc-medical-research-methodology.md) | Ismail Radi Ismail Fkhadah | Universidad de Granada |
| 2026-10-14 | [Long range dependence spectral testing from discretely observed functional time series in manifolds](https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jmva.2026.105725) | [Journal of Multivariate Analysis](https://scholar4ai.com/journals/journal-of-multivariate-analysis.md) | M. D. Ruiz‐Medina, Rosa M. Crujeiras | Universidad de Granada; Universidade de Santiago de Compostela |

## Cite this page

Scholar4AI. (2026). Universidad de Granada. Journal and Conference Research Rankings. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://scholar4ai.com/institutions/universidad-de-granada

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